1to finish, bring to an end:
(
MS: s.xii2/4
)
Tantes batailles en avum afinees!
1465
(
s.xiii1;
MS: s.xiiim
)
Ore ont nostre baron la parole afinee Et ont al messagier sa raison grantee
2168
2to kill:
(
1273-82;
MS: s.xivex
)
N’est mal […] Qui du sanc n'en ait medicine Que li fiz
(=J.C.) […] Dona par amor qui l’affine Quant prist sa dure discipline
2847
1
to come to an end:
(
s.xiii1;
MS: s.xiiim
)
Buiamond li prince les en fist retorner,
Qui vit la nuit venir et le jor afiner
2846
2to perish:
(
s.xiiex;
MS: c.1335
)
Quant Amillioun sout pur veir Qe son pere fuy affyné, De son seignur le counte ad pris congé
51
(
s.xiiiin;
MS: c.1300
)
ne purrai plus durrer, de doel me covent morer e afiner
676
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[afinir] (s.xii2/4)